Long Beach City College will soon offer a bachelor\u2019s degree \u2014 the first program of its kind for the local institution.<\/p>\n
The college recently got approval for the new degree offering from the California Community Colleges Chancellor\u2019s Office, according a Tuesday, Dec. 16, news release. The effort too more than a year of research and academic planning, and a 16-part application to the Chancellor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
The program will offer LBCC students the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Science in library and information sciences \u2014 making it the first baccalaureate program at LBCC, and the only library and information sciences bachelor\u2019s degree at any community college in the nation, according to LBCC.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a historic academic moment for Long Beach City College. Our new bachelor\u2019s degree offers an affordable pathway into a rapidly evolving field, with forward-looking coursework in areas such as artificial intelligence and emerging information technologies,\u201d said LBCC\u2019s Superintendent-President Mike Mu\u00f1oz. \u201cThis milestone reflects the power of innovation and collaboration, and I am incredibly proud of the team whose dedication made it possible.\u201d<\/p>\n
As part of the process to get the program approved by the Chancellor\u2019s Office, the college did a labor market analysis, employer outreach and research to ensure its program wouldn\u2019t be a duplicate of other programs offered by the California State University and University of California systems, LBCC said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo bachelor\u2019s-level library and information sciences program currently exists in the region, ensuring that LBCC\u2019s new baccalaureate complements, rather than competes with, the educational offerings of our Long Beach College Promise partners,\u201d LBCC said.<\/p>\n
The new degree program, LBCC said, will help address the growing statewide and national need for library and information science professionals \u2014 while also offering a more affordable education option for people working toward master\u2019s-level library studies, which many librarians are required to complete.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith curriculum that anticipates the future of the field, including coursework in AI, digital preservation, and information technologies, LBCC students will be well-positioned for careers in libraries, archives, education, research, and information management,\u201d the college said.<\/p>\n
Applications for the new bachelor\u2019s degree program, LBCC said, are expected to open in spring 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach City College will soon offer a bachelor\u2019s degree \u2014 the first program of its kind for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,23,131,133,132,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-99200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-california","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-long-beach","11":"tag-long-beach-headlines","12":"tag-long-beach-news","13":"tag-los-angeles-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}